Obol

Features

Issuer	Kydonia (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	189 BC - 184 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.94 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 540328
References	SvoronosCr# 26, 29, 30, 43-48 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 10-13 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité III# 1752 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , SNG Copenhagen# 407 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Weber# 4438-4442 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 2545, 2546 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG Hart# 936 Keith F. Sugden, Robert Edward Hart; 1989. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 8. The Hart Collection, Blackburn Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , Dewing# 1999 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , Rhousopoulos# 2946 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , McClean# 7084-7088 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Head of the nymph Kydonia to left or right.

Reverse

(en) Three crescents back to back; in the center, the letter K or a bucranium or a globule.

Script: grecki

Lettering: K

Mint

Cydonia, Crete, modern-day Chania, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (189 BC - 184 BC)						$ 52	$ 510

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 29 Lot 788	5 Nov 2023	VF	USD 532.15 (CHF 420.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 398, 28 April 2009, 208
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 351 Lot 230	20 May 2015	VF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Savoca Numismatik 100th Silver Auction Lot 84	18 Apr 2021	F	USD 127.76 (EUR 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Emporium Hamburg Alpha Auction 3 Lot 32	8 Sep 2019	F	USD 52.27 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Emporium Hamburg
	Emporium Hamburg E-Auction 520 Lot 20	17 Jul 2015	F	USD 29.04 (EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Emporium Hamburg
	Soler y Llach Subasta 1076 Lot 2030	7 May 2013	F	USD 47.62 (EUR 41.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Soler y Llach